RamTatTa - FLOGGING MOLLY Album - Speed Of Darkness - to be released on 27.05.11, festival dates

  
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FLOGGING MOLLY Album - Speed Of Darkness - to be released on 27.05.11

- Speed Of Darkness - is the title of the most mature and surprising album yet from the American folk/rock band Flogging Molly.

From a former insider tip of a tight-knit Irish punk rock community, one of the most sought-after rock bands of our time has emerged: The seven-member band has sold over 2 million albums worldwide to date, has appeared on the main stages of major international festivals such as Rock Am Ring, Coachella, Hurricane, and Leeds/Reading, and now easily fills venues beyond the 5000 mark. Additionally, in 2008, the predecessor album "Float" managed to reach number 4 on the US Billboard charts and number 41 on the German album charts without much press support.

After endless tours, the band, partly from California and partly from Ireland, has been working for almost three years on a worthy successor. At the same time, a new era began for the working class around the world: Overnight and without warning, with the titular Speed Of Darkness, the economic crisis hit the world in 2008, the effects of which are still felt everywhere today. Particularly affected: Ireland, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, as well as the working-class neighborhoods of America. Exactly those places that have always played a significant role in the cosmos of Flogging Molly.

The latest (already 5th) studio album "Speed Of Darkness" was written over several months in Motorcity Detroit, the epicenter of economic decay, and recorded with successful producer Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers) at the controls. The industrial city, long since become a symbol of crisis, greed, and ignorance, served as inspiration for the band's critique of economic and social injustices on both sides of the Atlantic. Nevertheless, the songs are bursting with confidence and optimism. "Speed Of Darkness" is not a hopeless farewell to Western civilization, but rather invokes solidarity and motivates the listener to keep going and to persevere.

It’s no wonder that this album covers the many different facets of Flogging Molly, yet still breaks into entirely unfamiliar spheres. Following the furious opener and title track "Speed Of Darkness" is the highly topical "Revolution," which not only showcases Kings' razor-sharp songwriting but also gets fists raised in the air. The chorus "The Revolution begins" can also be excellently transferred to the band's sound: In "The Cradle Of Humankind," pianos can be heard for the first time in a band song - the unusually orchestrated "The Heart Of The Sea" even recalls the indie kings The Decemberists in its intro. There is no doubt that the balladic duet "A Prayer For Me In Silence" and the dramatic closer "Rise Up," which starts quietly and ends with an epic chorus, will become live favorites of this year's festival season.

"Speed Of Darkness" will be released at the end of May and marks the band's debut on their own label Borstal Beat Records, which was founded for this purpose, after 6 releases on Sideonedummy Records (4 albums, 2 DVDs), symbolizing newfound musical maturity as well as newfound independence.

Album Tracklisting:

01. Speed Of Darkness

02. Revolution

03. The Heart Of The Sea

04. Don't Shut 'Em Down

05. The Power's Out

06. So Sail On

07. Saints & Sinners

08. Present State Of Grace

09. The Cradle Of Human Kind

10. Oliver Boy (All Of Our Boys)

11. A Prayer For Me In Silence